*The Halifax Explosion*
Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War.
The Norwegian vessel 'Imo', en route to New York to pick up relief supplies for the beleaguered population of war-torn Belgium collided—with deadly results—with the French munitions ship 'Mont Blanc', filled with tons of benzol, picric acid, TNT and gun cotton, which was sailing into Halifax Harbour to join a convoy across the Atlantic.
1,952 people either died instantly or succumbed to their injuries; 9,000 others were wounded, including 300 who were blinded or partially blinded by flying glass.
The Naval Service of Canada's armoured cruiser, HMCS 'Niobe', was laid up in Halifax Harbour, moored 700 yards from the 'Mont Blanc', when this massive explosion occurred; 'Niobe' was extensively damaged and 16 of its naval crew perished.
Petty Officer Carver was a casualty of this disaster.
Military Service-
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: VR/2090
Age: 48
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Division: H.M.C.S. 'Niobe'
Husband of Ada Carver of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Petty Officer William Carver is commemorated on Page 214 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
*The Halifax Explosion*
Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War.
The Norwegian vessel 'Imo', en route to New York to pick up relief supplies for the beleaguered population of war-torn Belgium collided—with deadly results—with the French munitions ship 'Mont Blanc', filled with tons of benzol, picric acid, TNT and gun cotton, which was sailing into Halifax Harbour to join a convoy across the Atlantic.
1,952 people either died instantly or succumbed to their injuries; 9,000 others were wounded, including 300 who were blinded or partially blinded by flying glass.
The Naval Service of Canada's armoured cruiser, HMCS 'Niobe', was laid up in Halifax Harbour, moored 700 yards from the 'Mont Blanc', when this massive explosion occurred; 'Niobe' was extensively damaged and 16 of its naval crew perished.
Petty Officer Carver was a casualty of this disaster.
Military Service-
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: VR/2090
Age: 48
Force: Navy
Unit: Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Division: H.M.C.S. 'Niobe'
Husband of Ada Carver of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Petty Officer William Carver is commemorated on Page 214 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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